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Babe Ruth is an icon, in sports and in our society.

— Alex Rodriguez

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

— Reggie Jackson

Ruth was probably the greatest athlete to perform in any sport. Never has there been anybody like him.

— George Steinbrenner

You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a really good story because he was this kid who grew up essentially as an orphan, you know, had a tough life, and then he became the most successful baseball player ever. But he was also a really good guy.

— Bill Bryson

Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.

— Walter Annenberg

Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.

— Simon Sinek

I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.

— Roger Maris

There is nothing like Ruth ever existed in this game of baseball. I remember we were playing the White Sox in Boston in 1919, and he hit a home run off Lefty Williams over the left-field fence in the ninth inning and won the game. It was majestic. It soared.

— Waite Hoyt

Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.

— Sammy Sosa

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

— Waite Hoyt

✗Opposing Perspectives

Don't try to tell Namath's people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don't even know the name. In fact, with the young, you can forget all of baseball. The sport is gone. But if you ever have seen Ruth, and then you see Namath, you know there is very little difference.

— Jimmy Breslin